Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh and Tyshawn Sorey - Alberta Rose Theater - February 28th.
One of the best performances I have ever seen.
thanks for the FINK heads up! Seeing him at Venice West in 2 weeks. Troubadour in LA was sold out.
Looks like you had great seats.
They were pretty good! If you are a Genesis fan, I highly recommend the show.
Rick Wakeman next week!
Beth Gibbons at the Detroit Masonic Temple two days ago. Good show, though short, only a hour and ten minutes. They played her whole solo album, went off stage after one hour, then came back to play two songs one from Portishead and other I wasn’t familiar with. One other “comment” the “mix” of her vocals had to much reverb and an emphasis on the lower frequencies making it difficult to understand what she was singing. I experience this a lot in “amplified” shows, might be me but I sometimes wonder if the sound guys are deaf …
Beth is the short one in the last photo. The guy to her left played a whole range of unusual instruments. She never introduced the band so no idea who’s who …
How was it?
Rick is cool grumpy dude. He played what he felt like which included:
- King Arthur suite. Spectacular on the synths. I’m a big King Arthur fan
- 2 tracks with Bowie (Major Tom included) on the Steinway
- Eleanor Rigby in the style os Sergei Prokofiev and Help in the style of Sant Saenz
- The Yes Sonata on the Steinway. Wow
1.5 hours non stop. Fantastic basic and intimate show
Jack White is the same way. No set list, no recognition of latest album. He just plays what he feels like. But, I don’t get the impression he’s grumpy.
It’s difficult for me to determine the demographic.
I spotted Al in the 12th row left holding a bunny. 
So cool!
